SAVED FROM SEA
TORPEDOED LIBERTY SHIP Rec. 10.45 a.m.
WASHINGTON, September 25. The Navy Department announced that an enemy submarine torpedoed a Liberty ship off North Carolina early this month and that two coastguard cutters escorted the stricken ship until the hurricane fo September 15 struck, parting the towline and capsizing the cutters, with heavy loss of life. The navy dispatched additional tugs, rescued the ship, and reached Norfolk safely. There were no casualties on board the Liberty ship, and the cargo was only slightly damaged v The Liberty ship was on its maiden voyage.
MR. CHURCHILL HOME AGAIN
LONDON. September 24 Mr. Churchill is back from Quebec. He arrived today accompanied by Mrs. Churchill. The journey both ways was made in the Queen Mary.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440926.2.34
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 75, 26 September 1944, Page 5
Word Count
125SAVED FROM SEA Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 75, 26 September 1944, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in